Fantasy comedy starring Clifton Webb, Joan Bennett and Robert Cummings. The marriage of Broadway producer Jeff Bolton and his actress wife Lydia is in trouble, partly owing to their failure to have a child. Charles, a good angel, is sent down to smooth the path for their unborn baby, but, in the process, finds that even angels have difficulty resisting temptation.
A bizarre but eminently watchable fantasy, saved from ignominy by the splendidly tongue-in-cheek acting of Clifton Webb and Edmund Gwenn as a pair of unlikely angels sent to watch over the unborn baby of Joan Bennett and Robert Cummings. What distinguishes this tale from other less successful "visitors from above" sagas is the spicy, gloriously witty script and the deft, easy direction of George Seaton. The late 1940s were the heyday of this kind of fantasy movie and For Heaven's Sake is a typically slick example of the genre.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Charles | Clifton Webb |
| Lydia Bolton | Joan Bennett |
| Jeff Bolton | Robert Cummings |
| Arthur | Edmund Gwenn |
| Daphne | Joan Blondell |
| Item | Gigi Perreau |
| Tony | Jack LaRue |
| Tex | Harry Von Zell |
| Joe | Tommy Rettig |
| Michael | Dick Ryan |
| Tax agent | Charles Lane (2) |
| Joe's father | Robert Kent |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | George Seaton |
